About Us: Kansans for a Democratic House, the campaign arm of the Democratic Caucus of the Kansas House of Representatives, is seeking a Political Director for the 2025- 2026 cycle to serve as a key member of the senior leadership team.
About the Role:
Our Caucus Political Director will be a key point of contact and advisor to Kansas House campaigns in the 2025-2026 cycle. They will be a key member of our leadership team alongside the House Democratic Leader, KDH Campaign Committee Chair, KDH Executive Committee, and Senior Advisor.
** Candidate Recruitment** - Serve as a key part of KDH’s candidate recruitment team working alongside KDH leadership and staff. This will entail traveling the state to meet with current and potential candidates. Responsible for implementation of candidate recruitment plan, leveraging leadership team to pitch quality candidates
** Candidate Training** - Serve as the primary team member organizing and executing trainings for candidates and their staff that are run by KDH. Primary point of contact for trainings by partner organizations for candidates and their staff.
** Campaign Advising** - Advise House candidates and their staff through their whole campaign process from filing to run to GOTV. This will mean weekly meetings with each top target campaign and monthly meetings with all other candidates to check in on key weekly fundraising and field metrics.
Qualifications:
2 cycles of experience in campaign management or managing fundraising or political programs at the statewide or Congressional level is required
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, NGP, Votebuilder, Google Suite
Experience building and managing teams
Experience in managing and stewarding relationships with external campaign stakeholders from key elected officials to labor unions to high capacity donors
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Access to a vehicle and a valid drivers license is required
Why Kansas?
Kansas, long a bellwether of moderate politics, is undergoing a quiet but significant political shift. For decades governed by a coalition of Democrats and Moderate Republicans, the state is seeing rising Democratic and Independent registration, particularly in its booming suburbs.
Democratic Representative Sharice Davids has continued to hold the Kansas Third Congressional district since 2018, increasing her vote share each cycle. Under Democratic Governor Laura Kelly, economic and population growth have coincided with voter backlash against an increasingly extreme legislature, opening a path to making Kansas competitive in the next decade.
Kansas represents a rare opportunity: an overlooked but winnable battleground where donor investment stretches further, helping reshape the national electoral map and secure a foothold in the Heartland for years to come.